A Brazilian centenarian defied doctors' orders and has now become the oldest person to get engaged at 106.

Valdemira Rodrigues de Oliveira and her 66-year-old boyfriend Aparecido Dias Jacob got engaged at a ceremony even though physicians warned them not to go ahead with the plan.

The love-struck oldies with a combined age of 172 have separate rooms at Nossa Senhora Fatima retirement home in Pirassununga, south east Brazil, and were determined to prove it's never too late to be with your soulmate. [Cue in Rihanna's 'We Found Love in a Hopeless Place' here]

play Volunteers threw a party for the couple as they got engaged (Daily Mail)

Medics assessed their health and age and warned that the duo would not be able to cope with living on their own.

One of the volunteers for the engagement ceremony, Fabiane Zaffalon, said: “As they couldn't get married we came up with another way to make their dreams come true by holding an engagement ceremony at the retirement home.”

play Dias Javob found love in his 60's with a centurioon. Isn't that just amazing (Daily Mail)

The organizers said Valda and Jacob had both separately expressed their desire to get married and have a little house where they could live together but doctors were against the idea because of their advanced years and health issues.

play Dias Javob found love in his 60's with a centurioon. Isn't that just amazing (Daily Mail)

Regardless of that, the couple have now become engaged, with the support of volunteers who wanted their dreams to come true.